paid about 300 in 1996. had them restored by alden for 100. sold for 225 in mid 2000’s.
shell cordovan is a beautiful material, but once i started barefooting, my feet wold not go in the shoe. birkenstock shoes. super wide.
the foot truly is an amazing thing. it is odd how desensitized and damp and blistered we make it in little foot coffins; imagine if we beleived hands had to be similarly “protected”. the foot needs to operate like a hand, room, flexion, ground feel. the average shoe makes it into a club.